AutoCAD syllabus

1: INTRODUCTION TO
AUTOCAD

Starting AutoCAD AutoCAD

Screen Components
Drawing Area
Command Window
Navigation bar
Status bar
Invoking Commands in AutoCAD
Keyboard
Ribbon
Application Menu
Tool Palettes
Menu Bar
Toolbar
Shortcut Menu
AutoCAD Dialog Boxes
Starting a New Drawing
Open a Drawing
Start from Scratch
Use a Template
Use a Wizard
Saving Your Work
Save Drawing as Dialog box
Using the Drawing Recovery Manager to Recover
Files Closing a Drawing
Opening an Existing Drawing
Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Select File Dialog Box
Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Start up Dialog Box
Opening an Existing Drawing Using the Drag and Drop Method

Quitting AutoCAD
Creating and Managing Workspaces
Creating a New Workspace
Modifying the Workspace Settings
Autodesk Exchange
Home
2: GETTING STARTED WITH AUTOCAD
Dynamic Input Mode
 Enable Pointer Input
Enable Dimension Input where possible
Show command prompting and command input near the
crosshairs Drafting Tooltip Appearance
Drawing Lines in AutoCAD
The Close Option
The Undo Option
Invoking tools Using Dynamic INPUT/Command
Prompt Coordinate Systems
Absolute Coordinate System
Relative Coordinate System
Relative Polar Coordinates
Direct Distance Entry
Erasing Objects
Cancelling and Undoing a Command
Object Selection Methods
Window Selection
Window Crossing Method
Drawing a Circle
BASIC Display Commands
Setting Units Type and Precision
Specifying the Format
Specifying the Angle Format
SETTING the Limits OF A DRAWING
3: STARTING WITH ADVANCED SKETCHING
Drawing Arcs
Drawing Rectangles
Drawing Ellipses
Drawing Regular Polygon
Drawing Polylines
Placing Points
Drawing Infinite Lines
Writing a Single Line Text
4: WORKING WITH DRAWING AIDS
Introduction
Understanding the Concept and use of LAYERS
Advantages of Using Layers
Working with Layers
Creating New Layers
Making a Layer Current
Controlling the Display of Layers
Deleting Layers
Object Properties
 Changing the Colour

Changing the Line type

Changing the Line weight
Changing the Plot Style
Properties Palette
Quick Properties Palette
Drafting Settings dialog box
Setting Grid
Setting Snap
Snap Type
Drawing Straight Lines using the Ortho Mode
Working with Object Snaps
Auto Snap
Endpoint
Midpoint
Nearest
Centre
Tangent
Quadrant
Intersection
Apparent Intersection
Perpendicular
Node
Insertion
Snap to None
Parallel
Extension
From
Midpoint between 2 Points
Temporary Tracking Point
Combining Object Snap Modes
Running Object Snap Mode
Overriding the Running Snap
Cycling through Snaps
Using Auto Tracking
Object Snap Tracking
Polar Tracking
Auto Track Settings
Function and Control Keys
5: EDITING SKETCHED OBJECTS-I
Editing Sketches
Moving the Sketched Objects
 Copying the Sketched Objects
Creating Multiple Copies

Creating a Single Copy

Offsetting Sketched Objects
Rotating Sketched Objects
Scaling the Sketched Objects
Filleting the Sketches
Chamfering the Sketches
Trimming the Sketched Objects
Extending the Sketched Objects
Stretching the Sketched Objects
Lengthening the Sketched Objects
Arraying the Sketched Objects
Rectangular Array
Polar Array
Path Array
Mirroring the Sketched objects
Text Mirroring
6: EDITING SKETCHED OBJECTS-II
Introduction to Grips
Types of Grips
Editing a Polyline by Using Grips
Editing Gripped Objects
Changing the Properties Using the PROPERTIES
Pale Matching the Properties of Sketched Objects
Cycling Through Selection
Managing Contents Using the Design enter
Autodesk Seek design content Link
Displaying Drawing Properties
Basic Display Options
Redrawing the Screen
Regenerating Drawings
Zooming Drawings
Real-time Zooming
All Option
Centre Option
Extents Option
Dynamic Option
Previous Option
Window Option
Scale Option
Object Option
Zoom In and Out
 Panning Drawings
Panning in Real time

7: CREATING TEXT AND TABLES

Annotative Objects
Annotation Scale
Assigning Annotative Property and Annotation Scales
Customizing Annotation Scale
Multiple Annotation Scales
Assigning Multiple Annotation Scales Manually
Assigning Multiple Annotation Scales Automatically
Controlling the Display of Annotative objects
Creating Text
Writing Single Line Text
Entering Special Characters
Creating Multiline Text
Text Window
Text Editor Tab
Editing Text
Editing Text Using the DDEDIT Command
Editing Text Using the Properties Palette
Modifying the Scale of the Text
Inserting Table in the Drawing
Table style Area
Insert options Area
Insertion behaviour Area
Column and row settings Area
Set cell styles Area
Creating a New Table Style
Starting table Area
General Area
Cell styles Area
Setting a Table Style as Current
Modifying a Table Style
Modifying Tables
Substituting Fonts
Specifying an Alternate Default Font
Creating Text Styles
Determining Text Height
Creating Annotative text
8: BASIC DIMENSIONING, GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONING, AND TOLERANCING

Need for Dimensioning

Dimensioning in AutoCAD
Fundamental Dimensioning Terms
Dimension Line

Dimension Text
Arrowheads
Extension Lines
Leader
Centre Mark and Centrelines
Alternate Units
Tolerances
Limits
Associative Dimensions
Definition Points
Annotative Dimensions
Selecting Dimensioning Commands
Using the Ribbon and the Toolbar
Using the Command Line
Dimensioning a Number of Objects Together
Creating Linear Dimensions
DIMLINEAR Command Options
Creating Aligned Dimensions
Creating Arc Length Dimensions
Creating Rotated Dimensions
Creating Baseline Dimensions
Creating Continued Dimensions
Creating Angular Dimensions
Dimensioning the Angle between Two Nonparallel
Lines Dimensioning the Angle of an Arc
Angular Dimensioning of Circles
Angular Dimensioning based on Three Points
Creating Diameter Dimensions
Creating Radius Dimensions
Creating Jogged Linear Dimensions
Creating Ordinate Dimensions
Maintaining Equal Spacing between
Dimensions Creating Inspection Dimensions
Inspection Label
Dimension Value
Working with True Associative Dimensions
Inspection Rate
Removing the Dimension Associatively
Converting a Dimension into a True Associative Dimension

Drawing Leaders
Multileader
 Adding leaders to existing Multileader
Removing Leaders from Existing Multileader
Aligning Multileaders
 Distribute
Make leader segments Parallel
Specify Spacing
Use current spacing
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerance
Geometric Characteristics and Symbols
Adding Geometric Tolerance
Feature Control Frame
Geometric Characteristics Symbol
Tolerance Value and Tolerance Zone Descriptor
Material Condition Modifier
Datum
Complex Feature Control Frames
Composite Position Tolerance
Projected Tolerance Zone
Creating Annotative Dimensions, Tolerances, Leaders, and Multileaders
9: EDITING DIMENSIONS
Editing Dimensions Using Editing Tools
Editing Dimensions by Stretching
Editing Dimensions by Trimming and Extending
Flipping Dimension Arrow
Modifying the Dimensions
Editing the Dimension Text
Updating Dimensions
Editing Dimensions with Grips
Editing Dimensions using the Properties Palette
Properties Palette (Dimension)
Properties Palette (Multileader)
Model Space and Paper Space Dimensioning
10: DIMENSION STYLES, MULTILEADER STYLES, AND SYSTEM VARIABLES

Using Styles and Variables to Control Dimensions

Creating and Restoring Dimension Styles
New Dimension Style dialog box
Controlling the Dimension Text Format
Fitting Dimension Text and Arrowheads
Formatting Primary Dimension Units
Formatting Alternate Dimension Units
Formatting the Tolerances
Creating and Restoring Multileader Styles
Modify Multileader Style dialog box
11: MODEL SPACE VIEWPORTS, PAPER SPACE VIEWPORTS, AND LAYOUTS

Model Space and Paper Space/Layouts

Model Space Viewports (Tiled Viewports)

Creating Tiled Viewports

Making a Viewport Current
Joining Two Adjacent Viewports

Paper space viewports (Floating Viewports)

Creating Floating Viewports Creating
Rectangular Viewports Creating
Polygonal Viewports

Converting an Existing Closed Object into a

Viewport Temporary Model Space
Editing Viewports
Controlling the Display of Objects in Viewports
Locking the Display of Objects in Viewports
Controlling the Display of Hidden Lines in
Viewports Clipping Existing Viewports
Maximizing Viewports
Inserting Layouts

Inserting a Layout Using the

Wizard Defining Page Settings
Controlling the Display of Annotative Objects in Viewports
12: PLOTTING DRAWINGS
Plotting Drawings in AutoCAD
Plotting Drawings Using the Plot Dialog
Box Page setup Area
Printer/plotter Area
Paper size Area
Number of copies
Area Plot area
Plot offset (origin set to printable area)
Area Plot scale Area
Plot style table (pen assignments)
Area Shaded viewport options Area
Plot options
Area Preview
Adding Plotters
The Plotter Manager
Tool Using Plot Styles
Adding a Plot Style
13: HATCHING DRAWINGS
Hatching
Hatch Patterns
Hatch Boundary

Hatching Drawings Using the Hatch

Tool Panels in the Hatch Creation Tab
Boundaries Panel
Pattern Panel
Properties Panel
Origin Panel
Options Panel
Match Properties

Setting the Parameters for Gradient

Pattern Creating Annotative Hatch
Hatching the Drawing Using the Tool
Palettes Drag and Drop Method
Select and Place Method
Hatching Around Text, Dimensions, and Attributes
14: WORKING WITH BLOCKS
The Concept of Blocks Advantages
of Using Blocks Drawing
Objects for Blocks Converting
Entities into a Block

Inserting Blocks
Creating and Inserting Annotative
Blocks Block Editor
Adding Blocks in Tool Palettes
Drag and Drop Method

Modifying Existing Blocks in the Tool Palettes

Layers, Colours, Line types, and Line weights for
Blocks Nesting of Blocks
Creating Drawing Files using the Write Block Dialog
Box Exploding Blocks Using the XPLODE
Command Renaming Blocks
Deleting Unused Blocks
Editing Constraints to Blocks
 Advance Topic-
Introduction to building drawing

Planning of Residential Buildings

Residential Building Drawing

Submission and Detailed drawings

Elements of Perspective Drawing

General Development Control Regulations (GDCR) and online submission of plan to authority

AutoCAD 3D-

Introduction to 3D Modeling

 Introduction to 3D
 Creating solid primitives
 Mesh primitives
 Working in 3D
 Introduction to free form design
 Chapter exercise

Modeling Workflow

 Creating models from 2D profiles

 Using Booleans on solid models
 Creating composite models
 Extracting geometry from solid
models
 Getting information from 3D
objects
 Chapter exercise

Editing Models
  Adding detail to your solid models
 Editing solid models
 Manipulating the model
 Duplicating the model
 Converting 2D objects
 Basic mesh modeling
 Chapter exercise

Sectioning a Model and

 Creating Drawings
 Section a solid model and generate
2D geometry
 Creating drawings from 3D models
 Chapter exercise

Visualization

 Using visual
styles

 Using lights

 Using
materials

 Using the
sun

 Rendering

 Navigating
the model

 Leveraging
cameras and
views

 Chapter
exercise

Downstream Uses for Your

Digital Prototype

 3D printing
  Chapter
exercise

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